After leaving the security perimeter of the frontline base, a dark whirlpool slowly formed. Two figures, one tall and one short, walked out of the whirlpool at the same time.
It was Qi Yuan and the young warrior.
"Since I've sent you here, it's time for me to go back." The young warrior said.
Qi Yuan nodded to express his thanks.
The young man saluted, then turned into a shadow and disappeared into the darkness.
"The shadow ability is really useful!" Qi Yuan mumbled to himself.
If he had Shadow Jump and the Spirit Fortress, no one would be able to find out even if he tried to assassinate someone in Fort No. 9.
Of course, that was under the premise that there was no elite inside.
After the young warrior left, Qi Yuan opened the Spirit Fortress and walked into the wilderness.
Because of the battle between the two sides, all the insectoids in this area had been cleared out. Qi Yuan walked all the way to Fort No. 9. Other than a few black-toothed rats underground, he didn't see a single powerful insectoid.
Not long after, Qi Yuan received a signal from the Fang of Despair.
With a single thought, Qi Yuan summoned the Blazing Angel.
"Let's go over there and see if there are any enemies hiding."
Blazing Angel nodded, turned into a ray of light, and flew away quickly.
As an energy body, the Blazing Angel was very sensitive to energy waves. If there were any machinists or machines from the Mechanical Palace nearby, they wouldn't be able to escape her senses.
In terms of sensing enemies, the Blazing Angel was no weaker than his Spirit Fortress.
After a while, the Blazing Angel quietly flew back. She had already confirmed that there were only clones of the Fang of Despair nearby.
Qi Yuan connected to the Fang of Despair's signal and summoned it over.
After a while, a finger-sized silver mechanical snake crawled out from the ground.
The silver mechanical snake used its body to rub Qi Yuan's pants as if it was trying to please Qi Yuan.
Qi Yuan squatted down and placed the silver snake in his palm. At the same time, he opened the Spirit Fortress and connected to the data center of the silver snake.
The silver mechanical snake quickly let go of all its defenses and allowed Qi Yuan to connect to its data center.
After a while, Qi Yuan's eyes flashed.
After transmitting the message, the silver mechanical snake seemed to have completed its mission. It rubbed against Qi Yuan's palm, then jumped down and went all the way down. It didn't look back even when it reached the perception range of the heart fortress.
"I did not expect the Mechanical King Court to have done so many things in secret," Qi Yuan said to himself.
After reading the information provided by Teeth of Despair, Qi Yuan was shocked. Although the Mechanical King Court did not seem to be doing anything recently, they had already secretly controlled a large part of the wilderness.
After their victory on the front line, the frontline base had almost wiped out all the detection equipment the Mech Dynasty had set up in the wilderness. They had completely destroyed the detection and warning network the Mech Dynasty had built.
Now, however, the Mechanical King's Court had secretly upgraded their surveillance equipment and spread them across the wastelands, rebuilding a new detection and warning network.
The frontline base did not notice anything strange about the Mech King Court's little tricks. Even the warriors patrolling the wasteland did not notice that the Mech King Court had set up another detection device.
This was not the negligence of the patrolling warriors. It was the suppression of the Mech King Court's technology.
Based on the feedback from the Teeth of Despair, the Mechanical Palace had upgraded their detectors based on the anti-detection methods of the frontline base. They used new bio-mimicking materials to reduce the energy waves. Be it Mechanics or Espers, it would be very difficult for them to discover their existence. They could avoid the detection of the frontline base as much as possible.
Other than that, battle fort No.9 had also sent a request for reinforcements. In less than two months, the Mech King Court would send more troops to strengthen the offensive power of battle fort No.9.
Judging from the methods of battle fort No.9, once the reinforcements arrived, they would most likely organize an all-out attack.
The sky defense system of the frontline base was not fully repaired. Although the two rank 6 energy cannons could be used, in front of the Mech King Court's army, two rank 6 energy cannons were like a cup of water on a burning cart of firewood. It was not enough to stop the Mech King Court's attack.
The Mech King Court had quietly taken control of the wastelands. If they sneaked up on the frontline base and ambushed, the defense system would not even be activated before they broke into the frontline base.
After realizing the impending danger, Qi Yuan began to think of a plan based on the information provided by the Teeth of Despair.
The first thing he needed to do was to remove the lock on the wastelands. Otherwise, the frontline base would become a blind man who could only passively take a beating.
The next thing he needed to do was to weaken the power of battle fort No.9 as much as possible before the war began.
Qi Yuan searched for a while in the wastelands. Finally, with the powerful energy sense of the Seraph, he found an upgraded detector underground.
Qi Yuan activated the Spirit Fortress. After blocking the signal of the detector, he carefully dug it out.
It was a grey metal ball the size of a fist. It looked no different from a rock on the side of the road. Even the feel of it was like a rock. If the Spirit Fortress was not powerful enough and he did not know it was a detector, he would have thought it was a rock.
Qi Yuan could imagine that even if the frontline soldiers saw it, they would think it was a rock instead of a detector.
In terms of craftsmanship and technology, the Mech King Court was impeccable. They had completely crushed the Biology and Mechanical Lab.
Battle fort No.9 had placed many detectors in the wastelands. Even if one of them disappeared, it would not cause too much of a reaction. There were still some bugs lurking underground. Even if there was a small chance of something happening, it would still be destroyed.
After filling up the hole, Qi Yuan brought the new detector back to the frontline base and found Duanmu Longxiang.
At first, Duanmu Longxiang was a little surprised that Qi Yuan had come back so quickly.
However, when he saw the detector Qi Yuan had brought back, his face immediately turned serious.
Duanmu Longxiang didn't ask Qi Yuan how he found this detector. From the fact that Qi Yuan went out alone today and returned so quickly with the detector, he could vaguely guess a few possibilities.
Although this idea was a little hard to believe, Qi Yuan was a rank 4 researcher. It was not impossible for him to have some special methods.
"I didn't expect the Mech King Court to respond so quickly."
Duanmu Longxiang picked up the detector and looked at it for a while. As an experienced Heaven Awaken elite, Duanmu Longxiang did not know much about machinery, but he could still see through the disguise of the detector.
"Tomorrow, I will organize people to enter the wastelands and do a carpet search of this detector." Duanmu Longxiang said.
"It's not that simple." Qi Yuan shook his head and said.
"The detector that the Mech King Court placed this time is buried underground. It is very well hidden. With our current technology, it is very difficult to sense them.
"So you're saying that our anti-detector equipment cannot sense them? Even if I send people to do a carpet search, it will be useless?" Duanmu Longxiang asked.
Qi Yuan nodded.
"The Mech King Court's technology is scarier than we thought. They will constantly optimize themselves in the war to make themselves stronger."
Duanmu Longxiang took out a few anti-detector equipment and tested it. It was just as he had expected.
"This is troublesome."
Duanmu Longxiang suddenly felt very troubled.
Once the Mech King Court used this new detector to build a new detection and warning network in the wastelands, they would once again seal off the frontline base.
Every movement of the frontline base would be exposed to the eyes of the Mech King Court. All the patrolling soldiers would be in danger of being ambushed.
Moreover, once the Mech King Court prepared to launch an all-out attack, they might even catch them off guard.
The advantage that the annihilation weapon had regained would quickly disappear under this new detector.
Duanmu Longxiang thought for a while and locked his eyes on Qi Yuan.
"Do you have any ideas to solve this?"
Qi Yuan shrugged.
"I can try to crack their detectors and then upgrade our anti-detection equipment so that our patrolling soldiers can discover their hidden detectors underground."
"But this method doesn't solve the root of the problem. With Mech Dynasty's technology, once they find out that the detector has been cracked, they will immediately upgrade it. Just like what they did before, I can't fight against the entire Mech Dynasty alone."
Duanmu Longxiang rubbed his forehead as he felt a headache coming on. The difference in skill level made him feel a deep sense of helplessness.
"No matter what, we have to solve the problem in front of us first," Duanmu Longxiang said.
Duanmu Longxiang had been in a more dangerous situation before. If it really came to a point of mutual destruction, even if the Mech King Court could take over the entire frontline base, their two mechanical armies would die with him.
"The upgrade of the Mech King Court's technology and the installation of detectors will take time. Only by solving the problem in front of us can we have a future."
"I have a suggestion," Qi Yuan suddenly said.
Duanmu Longxiang glanced at Qi Yuan.
"If you have a good idea, don't hide it."
Qi Yuan organized his words and said, "We are alive, but these detectors are dead. Although they are controlled by the Mech King Court, it doesn't mean that we can't use them!"
"If the Mech King Court can use these detectors to detect our movements, then we can also use these detectors to trick them."
"The biggest advantage of the Mech King Court is that their technology is much more powerful than ours. Their biggest weakness is that they rely too much on these technologies."
Duanmu Longxiang's gaze froze. He could vaguely guess Qi Yuan's plan.
"The Mech King Court is not weak. It will not be easy to trick them with the detectors."
"Since I gave this suggestion, of course, I have a way to do it," Qi Yuan said.
"The Mech King Court can counter our anti-detection devices and make these detectors. After I crack these detectors, I can also design a device that can block them."
"Using the shielding device, we can blind these detectors and complete the deception of the Mechanical Palace."
"Tricking the Mech King Court is much easier than finding all these detectors in the wilderness."
Duanmu Longxiang thought for a moment and nodded.
"This method can work, but with the reaction speed of the Mech King Court, this method can only be used once."
"Once is enough," Qi Yuan lowered his voice.
"As long as the No.9 battle fort is suspicious of its own detection network, their usefulness will be greatly reduced."
"Plus, with this trick, we might be able to teach the Mech King Court a lesson."
"You want to eat their hunting squad?" Duanmu Longxiang sharply sensed Qi Yuan's intention.
"If possible, I want to kill all the hunting squads in the fort!" Qi Yuan said.
Duanmu Longxiang thought for a moment and said slowly.
"This method can work!"
"As long as you can crack this detection device and create a corresponding shielding device, we can try the plan you mentioned."
"If you can really lure all the hunting squads here, I can do it myself."
Qi Yuan laughed.
"If director Duanmu is willing to do it, I believe none of the hunting squads can escape."
Duanmu Longxiang nodded.
"Crack the detectors as soon as possible and make a shielding device. I will arrange the rest of the plan."
"If your plan can really wipe out all the hunting teams in the Mechanical King Court, I will personally ask the board of directors for a reward."
Qi Yuan smiled and said, "There's no need for that. If it's possible, you can apply for more star energy stones from the shelter."
Duanmu Longxiang laughed out loud.
"No problem!
No matter how precious Asterite is, it is not as precious as the lives of frontline soldiers!
If you can defeat the Mech King Court, I will give you all of the Asterite in the combat division this year. "
As the largest combat division in the shelter, the combat division was given the most Asterite each year. Plus, Duanmu Longxiang was always a man of his words.
Qi Yuan smiled faintly.
"It's a deal."
"It's a deal."
…
Back in the workshop.
Qi Yuan summoned the Blazing Angel and began to analyze the detectors in his hand.
As the Blazing Angel reached rank 5, it unlocked more and more technical information. With the support of this information, Qi Yuan only spent 3 days to crack the detectors of the Mech King Court.
Then, Qi Yuan spent another 5 days to make a shielding device.
Due to the limited time and materials, he only made 11 of them.
If Duanmu Longxiang was willing to send out 11 rank 6 warriors and himself, as long as the fort did not send out a large force, they would be able to crush the Mech King's hunting squad easily.